We can all live without secondhand smoke.
\ Vllat is secondhand smoke?
Secondhand smoke comes from two places: smoke el(haled by the persoo who smokes, and smoke from the end of a burning cigorette. Secondhand smoke causes or worsens a wide range of adverse health effects, including cancers, respiratory infections and osthma.-
Secondhand smoke, also known as environmental tobacco smoke, con be eosily recognized by its distinctive odor. It contaminates the oir and is retained in clothing. curtains and furniture.-
Who is at risk of the dangers of secondhand smoke?
Everyone.
I low docs secondhand smoke affecl you and your family?
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that secondhand smoke causes approximately 3,000 lung cancer deaths and
37,000 heart disease deaths in non-smokers each year.
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We can all live without secondhand smoke.
Secondhand smoke can cause the following in adults,* - Eye and nasal irritation - lung and nasal sinus cancer - Acute and chronic coronary heart disease
leading to death Secondhand smoke is especially harmful to young children. The EPA estimates that secondhand smoke is responsible for between 150,000 and 300,000 lower respiratory trael infections in infants and children under 18 months of age annually, resulting in between 7,500 and 15,000 hospitalizations each year.* 9-12 million American children under age five are exposed to secondhand smoke in the home; 43 percent of American children aged two months to 11 years live in a home with at least one smoker.'"
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A non-smoking woman married to a smoker has a 90 percent greater risk of developing heart disease and is twice as likely to get lung cancer as are wives of non-smoking husbands. The Georgia Youth Tobacco Survey (2001) found that 70.2 percent of middle school and 56.6 percent of high school smokers live with a smoker.

I-Iow will my home bencfi! from being smokefree?
Your family will be safer and healthier.
Your home will smell better. You'll spend less time, money and energy cleaning your walls, curtains, mirrors and windows.
Your pets will be happier. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), dogs are at more risk of developing lung cancer in a smoking home. Cots have an increased chance of developing a type of oral cancer that is commonly found in smokers due to their grooming habits.*
Each year in this country, more than 1,000 deaths occur from house fires that started from a clgare1te.'" Not smoking ilLyouLbouse caOJeduce' your homeowners insurance.
what steps can you take to create a smokefree h0I11C'!
Smoke outside and away from your children or other non-smokers. Create a designated area to smoke that is away from the doors and windows of your home.
Forbid others from smoking in your home. Place all ashtrays in the designated area to encourage smoking visitors to smoke there.

Place "Thanks for Not Smoking" signs in your home.
Enforce a no.smoking policy for baby sifters and other service providers when they are in your home.
I-Iow docs secondhand smoke affeci my children?
Children that grow up in a smoking home are more likely to become smokers themselves.
In Georgia, there is an estimated 423,000 children that are exposed to secondhand smoke in their home.*
Research has shown that secondhand smoke ..id'aommgages learning abilities, weakens general
reasoning, math and reading skills in young children. Children with high levels of cotinine, a nicotine byproduct, hove low test scores....
Secondhand smoke depletes young children of Vitamin C and increases incidences of ear infections - 2 million ear infections occur every year in the United States from secondhand smoke exposure.'"